[G4] External SATA drive for Quicksilver

[John Gilbert]

You wrote:
Your comments about heat build up are interesting.
I just added an Iomega external hard drive for storage/backup.
Are you saying that I should be concerned about thermal protection?
Should I disconnect after use and reconnect prior to a backup?

JG

> Greetings again Fred
> 
> You don't need a "Firewire" drive, just a firewire external enclosure. The
> drive inside of my firewire enclosure is a Maxtor 300Gb IDE/EIDE drive.
> 
> The enclosure that I have is a "Versa - Drive" and it has a small fan. I can
> leave this Firewire enclosure on all of the time, even on a very hot day and
> it is only slightly warm to the touch.
> 
> I would highly recommend that you putout the extra cash for a drive like mine
> as I know that you will be highly satisfied.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Harry
> San Jose, Ca
> ---------------------------------
> 
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Fred Thiel <fthiel at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Thanks, Harry. I'm just going to use it for shared storage on my home
>> network. It doesn't need to be bootable. Non-firewire drives are less
>> expensive and more readably available. The two internal drives I have on the
>> G4 are bootable as well as the one external back up drive I have.
>> 
>> Thanks again
>> Fred
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Harry Freeman wrote:
>>> The configuration that you have outlined should work, however be aware that
>>> you will not be able to boot from the drive connected to the USB port.
>>> 
>>> If you can find one I would recommend a 'Firewire" external enclosure as it
>>> will be a bootable device.
>>> I have a 320Gb drive connected through a Firewire enclosure which is a
>>> bootable drive.
>>> 
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